Wednesday 28 July 2010

Bromley 0 Crystal Palace 0 – Pre-Season Friendly

Bromley 0 Crystal Palace 0 – Pre-Season Friendly – 27/07/2010
Bromley held a very strong Palace side to a nil, nil draw thanks to a fantastic display of goalkeeping from Wes Foderingham and a spirited team effort in front of a very good crowd at Hayes Lane.
Palace started the game on top with Neil Danns, Calvin Andrew & Darren Ambrose going close before Foderingham denied Andy Dorman. Leon McKenzie missed Bromley’s best chance when he fired a Nic McDonnell knock down wide of the mark on a rare break up field. Danns & Andrew missed further chances for Palace before Foderingham made a spectacular save from Danns just before half time.
The second half saw Bromley have a little more possession with McKenzie forcing a save from Lewis Price early on and McDonnell going close soon after, but Palace still piled on the pressure. After a quiet spell in the match Foderingham made four superb saves in the last few minutes to deny Danns & Kieran Cadogan before The Ravens nearly nicked a win when McKenzie had an injury time effort saved by Price following good work by Steve Ferguson.
Quote for the game,'We're going up, not even via the play offs, but automatic!' - Mash.
Bromley: Foderingham, Graves, Dolby, Daly, Scarborough, Boyle, Finn, Henriques, McKenzie, McDonnell, Butler. Subs: Ferguson, Griffin, Britnell, Agu, McCleary-Stephens.

Tuesday 13 July 2010

Bromley 3 Dagenham & Redbridge 2 – Pre-Season Friendly

Bromley 3 Dagenham & Redbridge 2 – Pre-Season Friendly – 13/07/2010
Bromley’s positive start to the pre-season campaign continued with a second win this time over League One new boys Dagenham in an entertaining game at a sparsely populated Hayes Lane.
The Ravens started on top with Ryan Dolby going close and their good use of the ball paid off on 15misn when Paul Vines latched on to a through ball and coolly beat Chris Lewington for 1-0. Bromley were 2-0 up eight minutes later when Harrison Dunk powered past the Daggers defence and curled in a magnificent effort from the edge of the box. Dolby went close again before Dagenham pulled one back on 34mins when Duran Reynolds headed home a corner, but Bromley held on to the lead at the break.
The second half saw The Ravens start well again, Vines and Steve Ferguson both went close while Jamie Butler saved well at the feet of Phil Walsh at the other end. Bromley made it 3-1 on 61mins when Ferguson and Vines combined to set up Barry Stevens who netted from 6yards following Lewington’s initial save. Dagenham then had their best spell with Steve Demitriou forcing a save from Butler before they pulled it back to 3-2 when a deep free kick was bundled over the line by a Bromley defender. Bromley’s hard work saw them force their way back into things and hold on for the win thanks to a solid team effort.
Quote for the game, 'Ryan Hall's going to Southend.'

Bromley: Butler, Graves, Dunk, Daly, Scarborough, Sobers, Finn, Henriques, Vines, D’Sane, Dolby. Subs: Jordan, Fray, Stevens, Greene, Ferguson, Jones.
Dagenham: Lewington, Ming, Ilesami, Antwi, Reynolds, Boyoko, Demitriou, Bingham, Walsh, Osborn, Green. Subs: Bokoto, Kamara, Araba, Butler.

Bromley 2 Gillingham 1 – Pre-Season Friendly

Bromley 2 Gillingham 1 – Pre-Season Friendly – 10/07/2010
Bromley came out on top against League 2 Gillingham in a very entertaining early pre-season game at Hayes Lane on Saturday under a fiercely hot sun thanks to goals from returning star Nic McDonnell & Jon Scarborough.
Gillingham started on top with Craig Holloway making saves from Luke Rooney & Barry Fuller and they also had a shout for a penalty when Jerome Sobers challenged Dennis Oli. The Gills had lots of possession and passed the ball round well, but couldn’t find a way through The Ravens defence despite Craig Palmer & Rooney both going close late on in the half in ended tied at zero.
The second half saw lots of changes on both sides and it was Bromley who had the better of things with McDonnell having a header saved by Darren Hawkes following a series of corners. The breakthrough for The Ravens came on the hour when McDonnell latched on to a long ball and finished coolly across the keeper into the corner of the net. Mark Bentley went close for The Gills before Bromley made it 2-0 5mins later when a Tony Finn free kick was blasted home by Jon Scarborough from six yards out. Gillingham eventually pulled one back through Fola Onibuje who firmly headed home a cross, but they couldn’t find an equaliser, Scarborough cleared one attack away with a fine last ditch tackle and then their best opportunity fell to Serge Makofo who was denied by reserve keeper Paul Agu.

Quote for the game, 'No news yet'.

Bromley: Holloway, Fray, Dunk, Jordan, Sobers, Boyle, Carew, I’Anson, McDonnell, Vines, Dolby. Subs: Agu, Graves, Hall, Scarborough, Henriques, Stevens, Ibrahima, Ferguson, D’Sane, Finn, Greene.
Gillingham: Julian, Fuller, Nutter, Sinclair, Gowling, Maher, Payne, Palmer, Oli, Rooney, White. Subs: Hawks, Kelly, Bentley, Essam, Jackman, Stone, Weston, Rance, Barcham, Makofo, Onibuje, Bourezghi.